Javanese

[ jav-uh-neez, -nees, jah-vuh- ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to the island of Java, its people, or their language.

noun,plural Jav·a·nese.
  1. a member of the native Malayan people of Java, especially of that branch of it in the central part of the island.

  2. the Austronesian language of central Java.

Origin of Javanese

1
1695–1705; Javan (Jav(a) + -an) + -ese

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British Dictionary definitions for Javanese

Javanese

/ (ˌdʒɑːvəˈniːz) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Java, its people, or the Javanese language

noun
  1. plural -nese a native or inhabitant of Java

  2. a Malayo-Polynesian language of Central and Eastern Java

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